The Gladbeck hostage crisis or Gladbeck hostage drama was a bank robbery and hostage-taking that took place in northwestern West Germany from 16 to 18 August 1988.

Aug 19, 2018 · The Gladbeck Hostage Drama, as it is remembered in Germany, remains a scar on the nation's consciousness. Because two young hostages lost their lives.

Jun 9, 2022 · Netflix’s German documentary film “Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis” is a unique presentation of a terrible and gruesome hostage situation that ensued in the Gladbeck region of West Germany in 1988.

Jun 8, 2022 · Dieter, then 32, and Hans held up Deutsche Bank in Gladbeck on August 16, 1988. The heavily armed men held two employees hostage while negotiating with the authorities. In a later interview, Hans stated that it was Dieter’s idea to rob the bank while he wanted to hit a …

In August 1988, two armed bank robbers keep German police at bay for 54 hours during a hostage-taking drama that ends in a shootout and three deaths. Watch trailers & learn more.

Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis: Directed by Volker Heise. With Marion Löblich, Dieter Degowski, Hans-Jürgen Rösner. In August 1988, two armed bank robbers keep German and Dutch police at bay for 54 hours during a hostage-taking drama that ends badly.

Mar 8, 2018 · August 16, 1988: a hostage drama unfolds in the small Westphalian town of Gladbeck. Two robbers, Dieter Degowski and Hans-Jürgen Rösner, at the time 32 and 31, robbed a bank and fled with two...

Jun 13, 2022 · In Gladbeck, a West German city of 75,000 residents, two armed robbers took control of a bank, holding two tellers hostage. Two hours pass; now we’re 10 hours in. The criminals demand cash and...

Jun 9, 2022 · Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis took place in August 1988 that began in West Germany, became a traveling road show, and ended brutally in the Netherlands. Was this the downfall of the media?

Oct 25, 2018 · THE sleepy German town of Gladbeck was rocked in the late 1980s by a crisis which shocked the nation. A bank robbery dramatically unfolded into a harrowing hostage situation and two young...